MEDIA RELEASE

Duke Aiona and Lynn Finnegan have announced the leaders of their statewide grassroots coalitions.

“These coalitions play an important role in our campaign and help get out our message to a diverse community,” said Aiona. “They bring issue expertise and a broad array of experiences that will expand our resources and spread our message of reducing the financial burden on our working families and small businesses, creating job opportunities and improving our education system.”

“This election is going to be won at the grassroots level, and our coalition leaders are on the ground in communities throughout the state,” said Finnegan. “We’re going after every vote on every island and these coalitions help us connect with our citizens on the issues they care about most.”

Among the Aiona Finnegan coalitions and their chairs:

African Americans – Lakisha Canaday

Chinese Americans – Lillie Young

Dentists – Dr. Russell Masunaga

Doctors – Dr. Joe Zobian

Farmers and Ranchers – Mike Hanohano

Faith-Based – Malia Gray, Margaret Scow (co-chair)

Filipino Americans – Pete Beltron, Alex Gines (co-chair), and Sue Ann Lu (co-chair)

Hearing Impaired – Francine Kenyon

Hispanic Americans – Marie Villa

Home Schoolers – Cissy Boyer

Japanese Americans – Michie Kim

Korean Americans – Hyung Kwon Cha

Native Hawaiians – Kuuipo Lorenzo and Blaine Kia (co-chair)

Samoan American – Taiapo Tui

Seniors – Tabitha Fernandez

Small Businesses – Steve Ellis

Teachers – Mel Hanohano, Lynn Soots (co-chair) and Carmela Minaya (co-chair)

Vietnamese – Paul Nguyen

Women – Lisa Colluccio

Duke and Lynn are encouraging supporters to join a coalition by emailing coalitions@DukeAiona.com